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Not all stories are love stories ｜ Reading Day

Recently, Chinese-American writer Yiyun Li’s novel "Should I Go" met readers in China, which is the first time that Yiyun Li has been translated into Chinese and introduced into domestic novels.

Many readers in China have heard of Yiyun Li, but many readers in China read Yiyun Li for the first time. Yiyun Li went to the United States to study after graduating from the Biology Department of Peking University, and later turned to writing. From the publication of her first novel collection "A Thousand Years of Worship" in 2005 to the present, she has always written in English, and has become one of the most accomplished Chinese writers in English. Now, she is finally ready to return her works to China.

The first novel translated into Chinese and published.

Many readers in China have heard of Yiyun Li.

Yiyun Li, a Chinese-American writer, is currently a professor and director of creative writing program at Lewis Art Center of Princeton University. She is a "post-70s" who went to the United States to study after graduating from the Biology Department of Peking University, and later turned to English writing. Her first collection of short stories, A Thousand Years of Worship, has aroused widespread concern and affirmation, and won the Frank O ‘Connor International Short Story Award, the American Pen Hemingway Award and the British Guardian Newcomer Award. She herself has been rated as the most noteworthy writer by major authoritative literary magazines, and won the MacArthur Genius Award in the United States in 2010. In 2012, Yiyun Li won the O Henry Award for her short story Kindness, making her the first Chinese writer to win the award. In 2022, Yiyun Li was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a year later, she won the Faulkner Prize for Literature for her new work The Book of Goose.

So far, Yiyun Li has published six novels, three collections of short stories and one memoir. Should I Go, published in 2020, is her first novel translated into Chinese. In this novel, "Lilia has been married three times, raised five children, and is now looking forward to the birth of the 17th grandchild. She has been helping people around her to recognize herself all her life. At the age of eighty-five, she began to be fascinated by the diary of her old friend Roland. When she was young, they had a romantic relationship. She wanted to see what she could leave for the younger generation. The diary recorded Roland’s affairs in great detail. Lilia took pains to add footnotes to everything. A secret relationship that lasted for decades was slowly uncovered, including the existence of her daughter Lucy, who even Roland himself didn’t know. Flame-like passion, the grief of annihilation, people’s hearts go back and forth between these two poles, but they have to find their home and exit and continue to cruise. Yiyun Li gave a dazzling praise to life in the novel, about Lilia and about everyone who comes and goes in our lives. "

At the launch of Should I Go in Shanghai, Bao Huiyi, a young writer and associate professor of English at Fudan University, said that at first she thought the novel was a work about how to face aging and the last years of life, but later she found that it subverted all her presuppositions. She explained that the 80-year-old woman was obsessed with her old lover and went to such great trouble to read his diary, probably because she was immersed in the past, but this was not the case at all. With the development of the story, if it had a core meaning, it was the death of her daughter. In the novel, Lilia gave birth to a child with Roland, or she got a life from Roland. Later, this life passed away. Therefore, in Bao Huiyi’s understanding, Lilia didn’t go to the diary to trace the old love affair at all, and the author Yiyun Li also warned readers from the beginning that not all stories are love stories.

Photo courtesy of Yiyun Li Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Who collects who?

When reading Should I Go, Bao Huiyi found two different voices contending. "There is a male first-person narrator in the book, and then the voice-over is female, because Lilia is constantly making comments when reading Roland’s book, and subverts the male voice, or it can’t be said to be subversive, because her comments actually appear irregularly, which can be said to be a deconstruction of the life story that the man thinks he is. Then you will see such a struggle for the narrative subject, which is very interesting and very tense. "

Bao Huiyi believes that "Should I Go" has at least three or more layers of structure, the first of which is Roland, the author of the diary, and Lilia, the commentator, and the relationship between Lilia and Roland can be expanded. However, Yiyun Li is not unconventional. In an interview with Zhong Na, a bilingual writer and literary translator, Yiyun Li said that she was willing to rely on a traditional structure, and she thought that she could tell the story well with the help of an existing framework. In Bao Huiyi’s view, this is actually a solid writing attitude. Writers rely on their own handy framework to write dialogues and characters well.

Bao Huiyi said that perhaps when reading more than ten pages in the book, readers will feel that Yiyun Li is an author with profound narrative skills and sophisticated life wisdom. For example, in the book, the struggle for topics such as memory and time, the man thinks that he can write a book with a coffin, and the young girl becomes his lover, just one of his many "collections", even just a small footnote in his life, but who actually collects who, who forgets who, what is permanence, what is transience and what is possession?

Zhong Na shared her reading experience at the launch of Should I Go? Zhong Na said that in "Should I Go", readers can see that Lilia shared a lot of life wisdom, and there are many enlightening things, especially some golden sentences, which also show the personality of the characters. "I think the interesting thing that Yiyun Li presents in this book is that there are many golden sentences, but at the same time, the golden sentences are constantly being deconstructed and overthrown, and they are often contradictory, which actually constitutes the personality characteristics of Lilia."

In addition, Lilia keeps reading the diary of his old lover and responding, which seems paranoid. How to understand this behavior, Zhong Na spent a long time thinking, and finally found the answer in another book by Yiyun Li, Dear Friends, Write Your Life from My Life. "Yiyun Li suffered from depression for two years, and then she did some thinking and digestion by reading and reviewing her life, including her relationship with her family, her relationship with literature, and her relationship with the first half of her life. So in fact, she is slowly gaining some wisdom to regain the balance of her life by constantly reading the writer’s letters and diaries. So that book is actually having a dialogue with "Should I Go?", that is, through very in-depth reading, the lives of readers and authors are intertwined. So after I reread the book, I read "Should I Go" again, and I have a feeling of understanding Lilia. When a person’s life is in a dilemma, she re-establishes a narrative by reading this most extreme way to enter the other’s brain. "

A Chinese writer who writes in English

The Chinese simplified version of Should I Go was published, which made many readers who had heard of Yiyun Li read Yiyun Li for the first time.

At the launch of Should I Go, Penglun, an archipelago book publisher, recalled his association with Yiyun Li and shared the publishing story of Should I Go. He said that for many readers, Yiyun Li has always been a legend or a legend. From the publication of the first collection of novels "A Thousand Years of Worship" in 2005 to the present, she has always written in English, but she was not born and raised in the United States, but a writer who went to study in the United States from China. Before going to the United States, she had never published her works in Chinese. Among the current Chinese writers, Yiyun Li can be said to be the most accomplished writer in English, and many readers in China who are concerned about the world literary world are also curious. Why has Yiyun Li never published Chinese works before?

Peng Lun introduced that he began to pay attention to Yiyun Li in 2004. At that time, his job was to report some trends in the literary and publishing circles at home and abroad, and he learned by chance that Yiyun Li had won a new literary prize. He had never heard of this writer, so he searched the Internet for relevant information and got in touch with Yiyun Li by email.

In 2005, Yiyun Li published her first collection of short stories in the United States and won some literary prizes. At that time, Peng Lungang started publishing and asked Yiyun Li if she could translate this collection of novels into China, but she refused. With the increasing popularity of Yiyun Li, other China media began to pay attention to this writer. However, when asked when he would publish a book in China, Yiyun Li said no.

"I noticed at that time that she felt that she was not ready at that stage, or that China was not ready to accept her as a Chinese writer writing in English." Peng Lun said.

Ten years later, until 2020, Peng Lun suddenly received a letter from Yiyun Li’s agent and her latest novel manuscript at that time, that is, "Should I go?".

Zhong Na thinks, "Should I Go" is a very mature writer who is very satisfied with his current creation, so Yiyun Li is willing to make it the starting point for his work to enter the Chinese world. Zhong Na has been paying attention to Yiyun Li’s creative career. In her view, the writer’s writing has been constantly changing, broadening her own boundaries. In the early days, Yiyun Li’s writing actually paid more attention to the depiction of characters’ inner images, as well as the connection of very special characters’ emotions and relationships, and even hid himself among the characters. But later, Yiyun Li did a lot of experiments and broadening on texts and writing, and his works were more mature than those in his early years.

It is reported that besides Should I Go, Yiyun Li’s other two works, The Book of Goose and Wednesday’s Children, have also been put on the publishing schedule. "Although her works entered the Chinese world for the first time, many readers, especially female readers, recognized her voice and the charm of her works very quickly, which gave me great confidence." Peng Lun said.

Reporter: Jiang Dan Editor: Zheng Xu Proofreading: Yang Hefang

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Custom calendar for one week in morning weather ｜ Warm up, warm up, warm up! The highest temperature in Shanghai is 29℃ on Friday, and the cold air ＂kills＂ on weekends.

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It’s the end of October. Why is it so "hot"?

Recently, the weather in Shencheng is really good. The blue sky is lined with dazzling eyes during the day. In the afternoon, the body feels even warmer than the category of "crisp autumn", and many pedestrians wear short-sleeved skirts.

Close to beginning of winter, as warm as long summer?

Many netizens in Shanghai shouted "hot".

Shencheng continues to heat up today. With the help of warm autumn sun, the highest temperature in most parts of the city generally reaches around 25℃, including 24.9℃ at Xujiahui Station in the urban area and 26.9℃ at Qingpu Station.

Looking at the whole country, due to the weak cold air that has affected our country recently, this warming wave has a large scope.

According to China Weather Network, since October this year, the temperature in most parts of China has been on the high side, with many places 2 to 4℃ higher than normal, and many places in North China have successively exceeded 30℃.

In the early part of this week, China’s central and eastern regions still maintained a warmer pattern.

Why is there such a rare warm and hot weather?

Li Liang, a meteorologist of China Weather Network, analyzed that since October this year, the polar vortex that accumulated cold air has been located in the north, and the cold air affecting China is significantly weaker than normal, and the temperature in most parts of China has been on the high side. In the next three days, the cold air affecting China will be located in the north and weak, coupled with the blessing of sunny days, which is very conducive to the temperature rise in North China and its south.

For Shanghai, the temperature will continue to rise in the daytime tomorrow. It should be noted that the temperature difference between day and night is large, with the temperature difference in the central city exceeding 8℃ and that in the suburbs above 10℃. Pay attention to dressing flexibly.

Specific forecast for tomorrow:

Sunny to cloudy with southerly winds of 3-4. The highest temperature is 26℃ and the lowest temperature is 18℃. The relative humidity is 90%-45%. Fire risk rating Meteorological index: Grade 4, flammable.

In a week, the temperature rises first and then falls this week, and will reach the peak of this round of warming on Friday, with the highest temperature reaching 29℃.

Cold air finally arrived on weekends, and the temperature dropped all the way, accompanied by a light rain weather process.

The highest temperature will fall back to "prefix 1" next Monday.

According to the meteorological department, this week’s sunny or cloudy weather plays the leading role, and the weather is generally dry, so it is necessary to pay attention to the safety of replenishing water and using fire and electricity.

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Most of the country will keep sunny and dry, and the temperature will gradually rise to a high state in the same period of the year.

　　China Weather Network News In the next three days (November 18-20), most of the country will maintain a sunny and dry weather pattern, and the temperature will gradually rise. The maximum temperature of 20℃ will obviously rise northward. After the temperature rise, the temperature in many places will be 6-10℃ higher than normal, but the temperature difference between day and night will widen, so the public needs to increase or decrease clothes in time.

　　Snowfall in Northeast China and other places has obviously weakened, and most of the country has started a sunny and dry mode.

　　Yesterday, a large range of rain and snow continued in the northeast, and the intensity of local snowfall was high. The monitoring shows that moderate to heavy snow or sleet appears in parts of eastern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin and Shandong Peninsula, and there are local blizzards in Mudanjiang, Shuangyashan, Jiamusi and Hegang in Heilongjiang, and local blizzards in Shuangyashan and Hegang.

　　Today, the snowfall in Northeast China and other places will be obviously weakened, and there will be rain and snow weather in southern Sichuan and Yunnan under the confrontation of cold and warm air. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that there will be small to medium snow or sleet in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, eastern and northern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin, eastern Tibet and central and southern Sichuan Plateau. There are small to moderate rains in parts of southeastern Tibet, eastern and southern Sichuan, southern Chongqing, central and western Guizhou, and most of Yunnan. Among them, there is heavy rain in western Yunnan.

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　　From tomorrow on, most of the country will have little rain and snow, and precipitation will only appear in Xinjiang and other places. It is estimated that there will be light snow or sleet in parts of eastern and southern Heilongjiang, eastern and northern Jilin, northern Xinjiang, areas along Tianshan Mountain and southeastern Tibet. There is light rain in parts of Junggar Basin and Ili Valley in Xinjiang, southeastern Tibet, southern Sichuan and western Yunnan.

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　　The day after tomorrow, there will be light snow or sleet in parts of Xinjiang along Tianshan Mountain and Ili River Valley, and eastern Tibet. Among them, there will be moderate to heavy snow in parts of Xinjiang along Tianshan Mountain and Ili River Valley, and there will be heavy snow locally.

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　　In the next three days, most of the country will be short of rain and snow. Under the control of dry, cold and northerly winds, the minimum relative humidity in the northwest to Jiangnan and South China is generally only about 30%. The weather is dry, so the public should pay attention to hydrating and moisturizing. From the 21st, due to the influence of cold air, the northeast of Inner Mongolia, the northeast, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and other places will once again usher in the process of precipitation weather. At present, the forecasting time is far away, so we need to pay attention to it.

　　Most of the country has stepped into the temperature rising channel and will reach a recent high on the 19th to 22nd.

　　In terms of temperature, the impact of cold air on China came to an end yesterday, and some areas in Northeast China and North China experienced 4~8℃ cooling.

　　Starting from this weekend, most of the country will start the warming mode, and it will reach the recent high temperature from 19th to 22nd, and the maximum temperature of 20℃ will be pushed northward to central Henan and northern Anhui. After warming up, the temperature in many places may be 6~10℃ higher than normal. For example, the highest temperature in Shenyang yesterday was still below freezing point, and then the temperature went up all the way, and it will rise to 12 C on the 21st. The highest temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is as high as 22~23℃ from 21st to 22nd, showing obvious warmth.

　　However, compared with the rapid warming during the day, the warming process of the minimum temperature is slower. In the next few days, the temperature difference between day and night in most parts of the country is generally above 10℃, and it can even reach about 20℃ in the northern part of the country. It is recommended that the public increase or decrease clothes in time according to the temperature change to guard against catching a cold.

Dazu Gulong non-legacy tea won two gold medals, and ＂Little Leaves＂ wrote ＂Great Articles＂.

Towering Bayue Mountain, long cologne tea. On January 8th, Chongqing Daily reporter learned that the winners list of the 8th China Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival Non-legacy Tea Fighting Competition was recently released, and Chongqing Dazu Gulong Tea Co., Ltd. won two gold medals in the green tea group and the black tea group of the Non-legacy Tea Fighting Competition.
▲ Gulong Ecological Tea Garden. Photo courtesy of respondents
One mountain, one water, one person, one leaf, one tree and one inheritance. Yibayue Mountain Range, Gulong Town, Yuxiu Dazu District, Zhong Ling, has dense forests, tinkling springs and rich humanities. Not only that, the history of Zen tea, which extends for thousands of years, is an important part of Dazu culture inheritance. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Bayue Mountain produced famous tea, so it was named "Shuinan Tea" because it was located in the south of Fujiang River. Bayue "Shuinan Tea" and Guanghan "Zhaopo", Emei "Baiya" and Ya ‘an "Mengding" are also called the four treasures of Shu tea, and they are fragrant in all directions.
The hand-made technique of Dazu Gulong Longya green tea originated from Chen Chunyu, a tea artist in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, and has been passed down from generation to generation. In September, 2020, the hand-made skills of Dazu Gulong Longya green tea were listed in the seventh batch of representative projects of district-level intangible cultural heritage in Dazu District. "We are very confident in the quality of Gulong tea, so we went to Chengdu to participate in the Tea Fighting Competition, and we look forward to helping the construction of the Shuangcheng Economic Circle in Chengdu and Chongqing with practical actions." Chen Wenjing, the inheritor of Dazu Gulong Longya green tea handcrafting skill, introduced that the judges comprehensively evaluated and scored the tea samples submitted for the competition in terms of shape, soup color, taste, aroma and leaf bottom. "Gulong tea stands out from the participating tea samples, which will greatly enhance the brand reputation and greatly help the non-genetic inheritance."
▲ Gulong Ecological Tea Garden. Photo courtesy of respondents
According to reports, Gulong Town is committed to doing two articles on "tea" and "mine", making full use of its own unique resources, focusing on the development idea of integrating agriculture, literature and tourism, deepening the cultural connotation, improving tourism facilities, accelerating the formation of a "tea sea fragrance, Zen life" resort, and striving to create a new Gulong that is small and special, small and refined, small and beautiful, small and strong, and small and rich. This makes Chen Wenjing see the hope that the non-legacy tea will glow with new vitality.
At present, Dazu Gulong Tea Co., Ltd. has more than 1,000 mu of ecological tea garden and more than 800 mu of wilderness tea garden, with rich varieties of tea, mainly producing black tea and green tea, which has driven the employment and income of local residents with "one leaf". "We are reviving the abandoned tea garden and driving farmers around the tea garden to take the road of integrated development of tea tourism and build a beautiful village together." Chen Wenjing said that non-genetic inheritors also went to schools such as Gulong Town Central Primary School to lead students to understand the tea culture in their hometown and sow the seeds of loving their hometown in their young hearts.
"In the early morning, the fog in the mountains hangs over this tea garden …" Chen Wenjing, born after 1980s, often incarnates as an anchor, promoting the Gulong tea and Dazu beauty in the form of short videos. She said that Dazu stone carvings are world-famous and Dazu tourism is booming. I hope that tourists can not only appreciate the stone carving culture in Dazu, but also stop and walk into the tea garden to taste the sweetness and sweetness of Gulong tea and feel the tranquility and peace from the heart.
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Excellent film ｜ Saving Private Ryan： One and Eight, War and Human Nature


Special feature of 1905 film network


There are many war movies with surging blood and roaring gunfire, and some of them are forgotten after watching them;

Some can only be used as a substitute in our ordinary life, stimulating our senses and releasing our emotions;

Some are destined to stay in the depths of our memory, watch it once and purify our hearts once.

Undoubtedly belongs to the latter.


The real hero in the war saved our hearts.

Saving Private Ryan tells the story of eight people taking risks to save one person.


Director Spielberg won the Oscar for Best Director again for this film. (1993, Saving Private Ryan, 1998)


Saving Private Ryan, which has won numerous praises, is one of the best war films in Hollywood history and a milestone in war films. In 2014, the film was selected into the list of "national treasure films" in the United States.


During World War II, Ryan, an American paratrooper played by Matt Damon, was trapped behind enemy lines, and all his three brothers were killed. If he is also killed, the mother at home will bear the huge blow of losing four sons at once.


The US General Command decided to send an 8-member team including Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) to rescue him.


In fact, they in the film and we all have the same question:Is it worth it to save one from eight risks?

Great war movies are more than just gunfire and passion. What really hits us is the softness of human nature in war movies.


Saving Private Ryan is constantly changing between rigidity and softness, cruelty and fragility. The camera moves from the solemn cemetery to the beach in fierce fighting, to the quiet rural Yuan Ye, to the ruins in the war, and finally to the peaceful cemetery. After several changes, it seems like a lifetime ago.

The opening twenty minutes of the film is the famous Normandy landing.


At the beginning of the film, the bloody and horrible war scenes were presented to us naked: the mutilated people who were blown up in the air, the soldiers who were dying calling for their mothers, the wounded who were wailing everywhere, the sea water dyed red with blood, the sound of bullets shuttling through the water, the sound of bullets hitting the steel frame, bloody battlefield surgery and so on … … More than 20 minutes of continuous motion scenes left us no room for breathing, which was extremely shocking.


— — What a tragic sight.

— — Yes, it’s tragic.


If the war scene of more than 20 minutes at the beginning only strongly stimulated our senses, then the next calm and serene scene, which is the softest place in our hearts, brought a heavy blow.


In the quiet office where you can only hear the sound of typewriters, the crack is a death knell.


The most tragic thing is not the scene of war, but the notice of death to inform relatives.


Dear Mr. Boyd, you should have heard about the death of your son. Nothing can alleviate your grief. Our army deeply regrets his death. He was an excellent soldier … …


Your husband is devoted to his duties, and everyone misses him … …


You are the mother of five soldiers who died gloriously on the battlefield. I feel that my words are weak and powerless, and I can’t appease your sorrow at all, nor can I make up for your loss. But I must thank you here. They died to save the country. May God appease your bereavement and make you miss your beloved forever. The sacred glory belongs to you, because you paid a heavy price for freedom. — — Sincerely from Lincoln


The picture of a mother collapsed to the ground without a line made people feel very sad. The photo on the right shows everything. She has lost three sons, and the only one (Ryan) is still in doubt.


The next eight-person team’s adventure to find Ryan is the highlight of the whole film.


First of all, going deep into the battlefield to find someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Secondly, Ryan is trapped behind enemy lines and the rescue work is very dangerous.


Captain Miller led an eight-person team, and the rescue of Ryan filled us with suspense and expectation. Eight people have a common goal, but each person has his own unique personality. There are many accidents, conflicts and hesitations in the middle, and what is more cruel is that people are dying one after another.


Tom HanksCaptain Miller, with calm eyes and rich combat experience. The film does not try to create his tall heroic image, but shows his complete humanity from different aspects.


His right hand often shakes, and he will be afraid.


He has the courage of a tough guy, but his heart is still soft. When his comrade-in-arms died, he sat on the stone alone and cried.


He used to be a middle school teacher, and the integration of the essence of civilian intellectuals and military identity made his behavior full of deeper human values from the beginning. Obeying the orders of superiors is not purely for military purposes, but for humanitarianism. Saving a person’s life is equivalent to saving an entire family.


Another distinctive and impressive character is that he can speak German and French.Translation — — Urban.


He was called cowardly and timid by many people. Seeing that he was afraid of delaying to save his teammates in trouble, which led to the death of his teammates, I believe many people can’t help but be angry. And his kindness transcends the opposition of the camp. He will be soft on the enemy, give water to prisoners of war, chat with them, and even agree to let them go.


Everyone wants to be a hero, but when we really go to war, maybe we are just weak Urban, and we may not be able to keep this kindness in our hearts.


Sniper JacksonThe death of is worrying. He likes to kiss the cross and praise God before aiming at shooting. His marksmanship is accurate and ruthless, and he sleeps soundly than anyone else because he is simple enough.


At the top of the tower, he fired eight shots to cover his comrades, and was blown to pieces by the tanks on the ground. Just before the enemy fired, he shouted to his comrades around him, "Get down!"


The road to saving Ryan is full of difficulties. The rescuers are praying that Ryan is worth saving even if he sacrifices his teammates.


RyanLive up to expectations, he is indeed a brave and responsible good soldier.


When the team found him, Captain Miller told him that his three brothers had been killed and he was ordered to send Ryan home safely.


Ryan firmly said that he would stay and fight side by side with his teammates. He said that his mother at home would understand him and would agree with him.


Captain Miller couldn’t take Ryan away, so he had to discuss countermeasures with his teammates. There are two choices before them: one is to go back, and the other is to stay and fight with him. Their choice is to stay. Because "if we look back on the past one day, we may feel that Saving Private Ryan is a great masterpiece that we have accomplished in this war-torn era."


So, the team that saved Ryan and Ryan stayed behind to do the final battle together.


Their task is to hold a bridge in Ramle. If the bridge is captured by the Germans, the American troops will retreat.


In the last half hour of the film, the bridge stuck to the battle, echoing the Normandy beach landing battle at the beginning. Cruelty and cruelty are the unchanging scenes of war. Gunfire, gunfire, the roar of tanks and the cry of tearing are the eternal background sounds of war.

In addition to these two themes, the core of the film is to convey the theme of human nature and the discussion of life.


Is there a difference between life and weight? Ryan is human, so are the two teammates who died in the squad. The American army is human, so are the captured German soldiers.


No matter who lives or dies, war is a massacre.

At the end of the film, the camera returned to the quiet cemetery.


Ryan, an old man, recovered from his painful memories. He thought of the bridge at Lamble and Captain Miller’s last entrustment.


"James, don’t let everyone down."


Old Ryan, in front of Captain Miller’s grave, said slowly:


"I try my best to live my life every day. I hope this is enough, or at least make you feel,I have lived up to everything you have done for me."


How do people with visual impairment and hearing impairment watch movies together？

How do people with visual impairment and hearing impairment watch movies together? On December 19th, the barrier-free version of director Jia Zhangke’s work "Swim until the sea turns blue" was shown in Zhangjiang Drama Valley. The narration clearly described the content of each picture segment. In addition to the subtitle description, sometimes there was a sign language interpreter in the lower right corner of the picture. The barrier-free film screening and micro-exhibition of "Light, Shadow and Love" co-sponsored by Shanghai Guava Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Shanghai Metropolitan Music Communication Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Yier Information Technology Co., Ltd. will open on the same day, and 18 barrier-free films will be screened in the whole city, including "Swimming until the sea turns blue", "Seventy-seven days", "Endless Climbing" and "There is her in the world", which will enrich the spiritual and cultural life of hearing-impaired groups and last for one month.

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There are nearly 100,000 visually impaired people in Shanghai, and the number of hearing-impaired and visually impaired people in China is about 2 to 1. The cultural and entertainment needs of these people are far from being met. "This barrier-free film screening activity has been enthusiastically registered among the hearing-impaired groups. Until this morning, some people asked if they could participate." Han Dongxue, founder and CEO of Shanghai Guava Culture Communication Co., Ltd. & Yier Technology, said that many people do not understand the entertainment needs of the hearing-impaired groups and the forms of obtaining entertainment content. Through this activity, I hope to spread the concept of barrier-free entertainment to the public.

The audience led the guide dog into the stadium.

Han Ying, the head of Shanghai Shadow Sound Barrier-free Film and Television Culture Development Center, was blind the day after tomorrow. She stepped onto the stage with the help of a guide dog. She still remembers the excitement when she first enjoyed barrier-free movies. "I thought I would be abandoned by the cinema in my life. I didn’t expect barrier-free movies to let me return to the cinema and find myself still living in the sun." Yang Zaishen, a senior sign language consultant of Shanghai Yier Information Technology Co., Ltd., is a hearing-impaired group. With the help of the translator, he told everyone, "I was busy until 1: 30 at night yesterday and heard that there was a screening event. Many hearing-impaired friends asked me to sign up. They were very curious about what barrier-free movies were and very eager to know the film information in advance."

Sign language interpreters are available at the event site to serve the hearing-impaired groups.

Sign language interpreters are available at the event site to serve the hearing-impaired groups.

"Hearing-impaired groups are also limited when watching movies. Although there are subtitles, some people have poor understanding of words and cannot understand the emotional transmission in the voice of the film. Sign language teachers will complete emotional supplement through their rich expressions and sign language to help the audience empathize. " According to Han Dongxue, barrier-free movies in Shanghai developed earlier in China. Compared with the barrier-free movie viewing project of Sunshine Love Cinema, which serves visually impaired groups, the barrier-free film and television projects of Guava Culture and Translated Technology are more focused on Internet communication and serve visually impaired and hearing impaired groups at the same time.

In this screening, Jia Zhangke and other directors maintained cooperation with the organizers. Because the film commentary usually has subjective understanding, when writing the commentary "Swim until the sea turns blue", the writer can directly ask Jia Zhangke, "Do you want to express these in this scene, and do I understand it correctly?"

Nowadays, many people with disabilities like Han Ying and Yang Zaishen have joined barrier-free film production, changing from beneficiaries to helpers. In the process of participation, Han Ying deeply felt the difficulty behind the production. Making a barrier-free version of a 90-minute film may take hundreds of hours of recording and creating tens of thousands of words of commentary. In less than two years, Yang Zaishen has participated in the production of 15 film and television works.

"They are both users and creators, and they can represent the voice of the group and have certain professional knowledge." Han Dongxue said that in the future, he hopes to invite more visually and hearing-impaired people to join the writing, recording, post-production and sign language picture production of barrier-free entertainment, and further connect with the market, so that the disabled groups can have wonderful and rich cultural consumption products to choose from and enjoy the latest and hottest film and television dramas.

In addition to screening activities, a micro exhibition of barrier-free movies will be launched in the near future, showing the origin and development of barrier-free movies and the situation of barrier-free movies in China. There will also be a barrier-free movie screening experience house and an interactive game area, where viewers can try how to "speak" movies in the form of sound and "watch" movies in the form of words.

Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu

Author: Zhong Han

Title Source: Organizer

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Wen Jian’s second test is coming! On the Multiple Growth Points of China Mobile Games (0302.HK) from ＂The Sword World＂

On December 15th, the "Sword Quest" test of "World of the Sword" started on time. Behind the reservation of official website exceeding 2.38 million, the combination of high-quality IP content and various real gameplay experiences may help "World of the Sword" become an excellent long-term operation product.

As the first multi-terminal test in China, Guofeng Xianxia’s open world game, with the second test of "Fairy Sword World", we may wish to further explore the logic of this product. What’s the significance for the Chinese mobile game with "Fairy Sword World"?

1. Upgrade and optimize the "Ask Sword" test, and give the answer with gameplay content and experience.

After the initial test, the project team of "Fairy Sword World" made in-depth optimization according to the feedback and suggestions of the players. After 148 days of hard work, some of the 115 items were optimized and added in stages.

Whether it is the brand-new map scene of the game and the detailed quality of the picture, or the new exploration gameplay and combat mechanism, it has been completely improved compared with the first test.

On the one hand, judging from the officially released version quality comparison report video, Fairy Sword World reconstructs the classic scene of Fairy Sword with high-definition technology, and adds the design of wind field effect, weather system, real-time physical light and shadow, which makes the scene and character model in the game more real and natural on the seamless map of 384 square kilometers, greatly improving the player’s sense of game experience.

On the other hand, the unique maze gameplay, the copy gameplay of "Cave in the Earth", the "Hidden Lai" which is one of the multiplayer social gameplay, the "Enchanted gameplay" which is exclusive to the Fairy Sword World, and the single multiplayer mode further enhance the player’s gaming experience. For example, the brand-new "smart mode" of single-player coexistence allows players to seamlessly switch between single-player mode and multi-player mode.

Different from most open-world games in the market with secondary elements and European and American themes, "Fairy Sword World" is based on the IP of Fairy Sword and Chivalrous Man. It is the first open-world game with the theme of national wind and Chivalrous Man, providing players with immersive content experience and free world exploration and interaction.

This product is a brand-new story based on the story of Xian Jian, which fully shows China’s spiritual core and humanistic feelings. Some market participants believe that "Fairy Sword World" is a heavyweight new work that completes the last puzzle in the fairy sword IP content matrix.

Behind more than 2.38 million reserved users and rich and diverse content settings, it can be seen that "Fairy Sword World" is undoubtedly a competitive new travel product. It is reported that at present, "Fairy Sword World" has started testing on PC, mobile phone and cloud game, and VR/MR version and host version will be launched in the future. A huge fan base is expected to contribute well to Chinese mobile games after the official launch of "Fairy Sword World". The next step is just to wait for its value to be realized.

2. A variety of new tours are ready to go, and the global layout creates multiple growth points.

However, for game companies, a single product and a single market cannot support their long-term sustainable development. This is because the game market and players’ needs are constantly changing. If game companies only rely on one product or one market, it is difficult to meet the needs of players and cope with the changes in the market.

Therefore, only by constantly introducing new products and expanding new markets can we meet the different needs of players and expand more market share, at the same time, we can enhance our core competitiveness and consolidate our market position.

In this regard, relying on rich game reserves, China Mobile Games has formed a complete new tour online plan to create a new engine for diversified performance growth.

Looking back on 2023, Ultraman Gathering, Swallowing the Starry Sky, My Royal Sword Diary, legend of sword and fairy’s Sword-wielding Quest and Master the World were launched one after another, and the file-not-deleted test of National Street Basket, a competitive end-game tour with no numerical value, was officially scheduled for December 29th.

In the layout of sea business, All-Star atrix, legend of sword and fairy’s Sword Quest, Biography of Cao Cao in the New Three Kingdoms, and True Warriors in the Three Kingdoms have also been launched in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, and Europe and the United States.

Extending the perspective, China Mobile Games will launch a number of new tour products in the domestic and overseas markets in the past two years, covering action role-playing, simulation management, card strategy and other game types.

With the rich product reserves entering the intensive release period, China Mobile Games is expected to attract more players and users, improve brand awareness and stickiness, and is expected to drive the growth of China Mobile Games and drive the release of company value.

In the domestic market, in addition to The Fairy Sword World, Douro Continent: Shrek College, Management Life of Country Love, Fighting against the Sky: The Summit, Douro Continent Reversing Time and Space, and Daily Life of Chat Groups have all obtained domestic editions, and entered the final stage of pre-launch testing, and are expected to be launched gradually in 2024.

In overseas markets, it is expected that in 2024, Soul Street: Born King, Apocalypse Action, Douluo Mainland: Shrek College, DreamWorks: Guardian of the Moon, Fighting against the Sky: The Peak, and The Biography of Cao Cao in the New Three Kingdoms will be launched in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. "True Three Kingdoms Warriors" was launched in Japan; "Code: DreamWorks All-Star" was launched in Europe and America.

Zhang Yijun, the first vice chairman of China Audio-visual and Digital Publishing Association, said at the just-concluded "2023 Game Growth Trend Forum": "Small games are gradually becoming an important field of game industry development because of their advantages such as more accurate distribution, higher user conversion rate, lower research and development cost and wide application of scenarios."

It is reported that the layout of mobile games in China has been over two years, except for nine games, such as The Legend of the Fantasy, The Gunman of the Whole People: The King of the Border, The Legend of the Sword of Kyushu, The Master of the World, etc. In 2024, there were nearly 20 well-known games, such as Swallowing the Starry Sky, The Legend of the New Shooting Carving Heroes, and The Husband-in-law.

3. Summary

From the perspective of the industry, the recent third quarterly report of the game industry clearly shows that under the background of the normalization of the current game version number, the acceleration of overseas distribution, and the reduction of costs and efficiency of AI technology, high-quality companies with rich product reserves, strong self-research strength, complete online plans and high praise from players will take the lead in welcoming the double repair cycle of valuation and performance.

From the "Fairy Sword World", which has attracted much attention from the market, to the new tour products that will be launched intensively, the diversified IP game ecosystem of Chinese mobile games may have given the answer.